2023-2024 Drexel Faculty Recognition Award Winners

Provost Awards for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity

Early Career

Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health

Mid-Career

Brian Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health

Career

Akhil Vaidya, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine
Hugo Woerdeman, PhD, Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

Provost Award for Pedagogical Innovation

Andre Kurmann, PhD, Professor, Economics, Lebow College of Business
Joseph Larnerd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Diana Nicholas, MFA, Associate Professor, Architecture, Design & Urbanism, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Provost Award for Undergraduate Teaching Impact

Monica Ilies, PhD, Teaching Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Christina Love, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences

Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence

Susan Daley, Adjunct Professor, General Business, Lebow College of Business
Mollie Gambone, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Education Leadership & Management, School of Education
Von Wise, Adjunct Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching

Kristen Betts, EdD, Clinical Professor, Policy, Organization & Leadership, School of Education
Christine Fiori, PhD, Clinical Professor, Construction Management, College of Engineering
Alex Geisinger, JD, Professor, Law, Kline School of Law
Yoto Yotov, PhD, Professor, Economics, LeBow College of Business

Scholarly Materials & Research Equipment Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

Wesley Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering & E. Caglan Kumbur, PhD, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering
Toby Seay, PhD, Professor, Music Industry, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Summer Research Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

John Avarese, Teaching Professor, Film & Television, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Xiaorui Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
James McKinney, Assistant Professor, Music and Music Industry, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design